A day out in Stirling
April 09, 2004Today, we spent a visit to one of the Queens of Scotts, Queen Mary, castles in Stirling. Arrived there after a short trip by train, we started the way up to the castle. Passing a few nice old houses and gardens, we reached at the top of the castle's hill.
From there you have a wonderfull view over the Causeway around the castle. Amongst the nice views to the countryside you also can see the remarkable Sherriffmuir, where the Wallace Monument proudly stands. The monument commemorates William Wallace leading the Scots to victory over the invading English at the Battle of Bannockburn. From the castle ramparts, you can also see the old Stirling Bridge where yet another battle against the English took place.
After visiting the castle itself and a lunch snack in one of Stirling's pubs, we went back to Glasgow. However, from then on, a boring afternoon started. We couldn't really go somewhere else due to it being Good Friday and almost all points of interest to visit are far outside of Glasgow. On the one hand, still much time to go for the flight back and on the other hand too short for another trip out to Scotland's Highlands. So, we just took a bus to go to the airport, where I have enough time writing this entry. Hopefully, the flight will be on time and another quick and easy one. ;-) Asking easyJet (mostly also known as cheesyJet by the British) to change to an earlier flight resulted in a high fare answer: 190 GBP for the flight (one way) + 15 GBP transfer charge, all per person, of course! So it was quite an easy decision to Jet by our original booked flight. This was 75 GBP return for two persons.
Ian Says:
April 24, 2004 06:14 PM
I wonder what Stirling looks like ;o) Any pics to post?